Lace-reel.



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ovaries.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2, 1909.

Patented Got. 11, 1910.

Serial No. 520,718.

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that we, JOHN BARRY andMIGI-IEAL L. SHAUGHNESSY, citizens of the United States, residing atWestphalia, in the county of Anderson and .State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lace-Reels, of which thefol lowing is a specification.

Tis invention relates to a lace reel, our object being to produce adevice of this character by which lace, insertion or other ornamentalfabrics may be quickly unwound from the card or equivalent device uponwhich they are shipped by the jobber or wholesaler and wound smoothlyand evenly upon the reel.

A further object is to produce a device of this character embodying aremovable frameconstituting the reel propercapable of being stored in adrawer or other receptacle where it will be conveniently accessible whenit is desired to submit the lace or insertion to the inspection of apossible purchaser.

A still further object is to produce a frame of the type last mentionedupon which may be easily wound, side by side, a number of differentpieces of lace or insertion of the same or varying widths.

With these general objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; andin order that it may be fully understood refer ence is to be had to theaccompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a lace reel embodying our invention.Fig. 2, is a detail view of a part of the device, showing a card of lacemounted thereon and ready to be unwound from the card. Fig. 3, is adetail perspective view of a lace-spacing arm of the reel proper orframe. Fig. 1, is a detail view of a part of the device to discloseclearly the connection between the reel proper and one of the posts ofthe supporting frame.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates a stand, the same preferably consistingof a pair of short bars 2 to rest upon a counter or table (not shown), apair of bars 3 connecting bars 2 and resting upon the latter, and a pairof posts 1 and 5, the former having a hole 6 and the latter a notch 7alined with hole 6.

A swing-frame which by preference will rest upon the table or counterand assist in maintaining the stand in an upright position, isconstructed as follows: 8 is a bar pivoted at one end on a pivot bolt 9secured to one of the bars 3 of the stand. Bar 8 is provided at itsouter end with a round hole 10 preferably of downwardly-tapering formand receiving the downwardly-tapering end 11 of a vertical post 12, andto secure said swing-frame in a position at right angles to bars 3 or atany other angle, a clamping nut 13 engages pivot-bolt 9 and the upperside of the underlying bar 3. 14: is a horizontal pivot carried by post12 and journaled on said bolt is a rotatable bar 15 provided in oppositesides with longitudinal grooves 16. 17 is a pair of horizontal armsprovided at their ends with clips or sleeves 18 snugly embracing bars 15and provided with inturned flanges 19 engaging grooves l6,the clips orsleeves embracing the bars with sufiicient snugness to guard againstaccidental slippage, it being noticed that the arms 17 eX- tend parallelwith pivot 14 and project in the same direction from bar 15.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the swing-frame may occupythe position shown in Fig. 1, or may be swung on pivot 9 to the right orthe left so as to dispose post 12 nearer to the right-hand end orleft-hand end of the stand, for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

The reel proper or frame upon which the lace or insertion is to be woundand dis played, is of rectangular form and consists by preference of apair of horizontal bars 20 connected by a pair of vertical bars 21,provided with alined outwardly-projecting pins 22 and 23, the formerbeing adapted to fit rotatably in hole 6 of post 1, and pin 23 to fitrotatably in notch 7, and said pin 23 by preference terminates in acrank-handle 24 by which the frame or reel may be turned, and to morereliably hold the pin 23 in place, a removable pin 25 may be secured inpost 5 above pin 28. Bars 20 are provided in their opposite sides withlongitudinal grooves 26, and carried by said bars are adjustable arms27, each preferably made of spring-wire bent to form a V, 28, wideenough at its base to receive either of the bars 20. At the base of theV the wire is bent to form inwardly-projecting arms 29 to enter theadjacent grooves 26, and said arms 29 terminate in parallel horizontalextensions 3O fitting in the grooves 26, for the purpose of preventingpivotal movement of the V-shaped arms on the bars.

As well known lace, insertion or analogous fabrics, are usually woundupon cards for distribution to the retailers who experience more or lesstrouble in handling the goods, because repeated handling tends to soiland wrinkle the lace. To transfer the lace from these cards to the frameor reel proper, the card 31 containing the lace 82, is slipped upon thearms 17 of the rotatable bar 15, (see Fig. 2). If it is desired to windsuch lace upon the right-hand end of the frame or reel proper andbetween the endmost pair of arms 27 thereof, bar 8 is swung to the righton pivot 9 until post 12 is approximately transversely alined with thearms 27 second from the right-hand end of said frame. Post 12 is thenrotated to dispose arms 17 parallel with the axis of said frame or reelproper. The outer end of the lace on the card is then drawn over andfitted on the reel or frame between said endmost pair of arms 27, andwhile such end is held, handle 24L is turned to simultaneously unwindthe lace from the card and wind it upon the said frame or reel proper,it being obvious that the second convolution of the lace 011 the reel orframe proper will clamp the first convolution reliably thereto and thusrelieve the operator of the necessity of holding it thereon, it beingunderstood that the pull on the lace imposed by the rotation of theframe or reel proper, will cause the bar 15 to rotate at a correspondingspeed on pivot let. \Vhen all of the lace has been wound upon the frameor reel proper the card falls to the counter or table and is replaced bya second card equipped with lace, which may be wound upon the frame orreel between the neXt pair of arms 27, after first swinging the bar 8 asufiicient distance to the left, and rotating post 12 enough to disposearms 17 parallel with the axis of the frame or reel proper. It will beapparent of course, that when the lace is being unwound from the cardand wound upon the frame or reel proper near either end thereof, post 12will preferably be turned so that arms 17 shall not only be parallelwith. the axis of the frame or reel proper but I will project from bar15 toward the vertical plane of the end of the frame or reel proper uponwhich the lace or insertion is to be wound. After the frame or reelproper has been filled with lace or insertion, pin 25, if employed, isremoved, and the frame or reel proper is removed from the stand andreplaced by a duplicate frame or reel if it is desired to equip a secondone with lace. These flat frames are convenient for handling during theinspection of lace or the insertion thereon by shoppers and when thefree ends otherwise, it cannot become unwound or easily soiled' orwrinkled. Vhen thus stored the handling of thelace is facilitated notonly for display purposes but also when an inventory is made. When thestand is not in use, the swing-frame is folded up against it so that thedevice may be more readily and conveniently stored away until needed.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have produced adevice embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable andwhich is susceptible of modification in minor particulars withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A. lace reel comprising a stand including upright posts at its ends, areel between and pivoted to said posts, a swing frame comprising ahorizontal bar pivoted to the stand between the posts thereof, and apost upon the outer end of said bar and susceptible of being turned, abar pivoted to said post for rotation in a vertical plane, and armsprojecting laterally from said bar and extending parallel with the pivotthereof.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN BARRY. MIGHEAL L. SHAUGHNESSY.

\Vitnesses:

V. W. MCGINNIs, G. F. SHAUGHNESSY.

of the lace or insert-ion are secured by pins or

